All 9 Uses of
enraptured
in
War and Peace
- Do you know that since your daughter came out everyone has been enraptured by her?†
Chpt 1 *
- Denisov was looking at her with enraptured eyes.†
Chpt 4
- Not only in the soul of the frightened yet happy and enraptured Natasha, but in the whole house, there was a feeling of awe at something important that was bound to happen.†
Chpt 6
- Almost smiling, he gazed straight into her eyes with such an enraptured caressing look that it seemed strange to be so near him, to look at him like that, to be so sure he admired her, and not to be acquainted with him.†
Chpt 8
- Natasha knew for certain that he was enraptured by her.†
Chpt 8
- He rode across one of the swaying pontoon bridges to the farther side, turned sharply to the left, and galloped in the direction of Kovno, preceded by enraptured, mounted chasseurs of the Guard who, breathless with delight, galloped ahead to clear a path for him through the troops.†
Chpt 9
- Anna Pavlovna's circle on the contrary was enraptured by this enthusiasm and spoke of it as Plutarch speaks of the deeds of the ancients.†
Chpt 10
- There they are, those false images that agitated, enraptured, and tormented me," said he to himself, passing in review the principal pictures of the magic lantern of life and regarding them now in the cold white daylight of his clear perception of death.†
Chpt 10
- When he heard these words and saw the expression of firm resolution in the Emperor's eyes, Michaud—quoique etranger, russe de coeur et d'ame—at that solemn moment felt himself enraptured by all that he had heard (as he used afterwards to say), and gave expression to his own feelings and those of the Russian people whose representative he considered himself to be, in the following words: "Sire!" said he, "Your Majesty is at this moment signing the glory of the nation and the salvation…†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(enraptured) to fill with rapture (overwhelming bliss); or to completely fascinate